Course description:

This latest iteration of EC-Council’s Certified Incident Handler (E|CIH) program has been designed and developed in collaboration with cybersecurity and incident handling and response practitioners across the globe.

It is a comprehensive specialist-level program that imparts knowledge and skills that organizations need to effectively handle post breach consequences by reducing the impact of the incident, from both a financial and a reputational perspective.

Following a rigorous development which included a careful Job Task Analysis (JTA) related to incident handling and incident first responder jobs, EC-Council developed a highly interactive, comprehensive, standards-based, intensive 3-day training program and certification that provides a structured approach to learning real-world incident handling and response requirements.

Purpose of the course:

• To enable individuals and organizations with the ability to handle and respond to different types of cybersecurity incidents in a systematic way.
• To ensure that organization can identify, contain, and recover from an attack.
• To reinstate regular operations of the organization as early as possible and mitigate the negative impact on the business operations.
• To be able to draft security policies with efficacy and ensure that the quality of services is maintained at the agreed levels.
• To minimize the loss and after-effects breach of the incident.
• For individuals: To enhance skills on incident handling and boost their employability.

Course objectives:

• Understand the key issues plaguing the information security world
• Learn to combat different types of cybersecurity threats, attack vectors, threat actors and their motives
• Learn the fundamentals of incident management including the signs and costs of an incident
• Understand the fundamentals of vulnerability management, threat assessment, risk management, and incident response automation and orchestration
• Master all incident handling and response best practices, standards, cybersecurity frameworks, laws, acts, and regulations
• Decode the various steps involved in planning an incident handling and response program
• Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of computer forensics and forensic readiness
• Comprehend the importance of the first response procedure including evidence collection, packaging, transportation, storing, data acquisition, volatile and static evidence collection, and evidence analysis
• Understand anti-forensics techniques used by attackers to find cybersecurity incident cover-ups
• Apply the right techniques to different types of cybersecurity incidents in a systematic manner including malware incidents, email security incidents, network security incidents, web application security incidents, cloud security incidents, and insider threat-related incidents

For whom this course is suitable:

• Penetration Testers
• Vulnerability Assessment Auditors
• Risk Assessment Administrators
• Network Administrators
• Application Security Engineers
• Cyber Forensic Investigators/ Analyst and SOC Analyst
• System Administrators/Engineers
• Firewall Administrators and Network Managers/IT Managers

Course Outline:

• Module 01: Introduction to Incident Handling and Response
• Module 02: Incident Handling and Response Process
• Module 03: Forensic Readiness and First Response
• Module 04: Handling and Responding to Malware Incidents
• Module 05: Handling and Responding to Email Security Incidents
• Module 06: Handling and Responding to Network Security Incidents
• Module 07: Handling and Responding to Web Application Security Incidents
• Module 08: Handling and Responding to Cloud Security Incidents
• Module 09: Handling and Responding to Insider Threats

What you will get as part of the course:

– authorized educational literature

– access to practical laboratory work

– a trainer certified by the EC-Council company

– a certificate of completion of official training on the course

Full course description https://www.eccouncil.org/ECIH-v2

*the E|CIH exam can be taken after completing the official E|CIH course